Vilas County, Wisconsin

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Vilas County Wisconsin (Class B) BFRO

October 2021

Wanted to pass this by you as I was out duck hunting today (10/17/21) in north central Wisconsin' Powell Marsh area to be exact. This is a very remote marsh area surrounded by hundreds of thousands of acres of state and National forests. You can access this marsh zone via paths the DNR has to maintain Water levels and people do watch migratory birds from a couple observation areas along road. I was more on a walk with the potential to jump shoot some puddle ducks as you can see not a cloud around. Nor were there ducks. Not even sure it is a sighting but seemed rather strange. Something told me to look behind me as I was going the opposite direction as the figure. After watching this object for a couple hundred yards I decided to grab my cell phone. It is a long way away but appears black, large, and fast. We have bear, very few moose, wolves, and occasional Elk around. Feel free to say it is a guy on a bike-riding in the peat moss, or a guy on a 4 wheeler in a prohibited...

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Vilas County Wisconsin (Class B) BFRO

Family discovers possible snow tracks in their yard near Land O' Lakes

Large footprint looking tracks in snow. We followed the inline footstep looking prints through a heavily wooded unpopulated area. The track line looked like footprints in 10 inches of snow approximate...

December 2013

Vilas County Wisconsin (Class B) BFRO

Friends enjoying a late night together are startled by a eerie howl near Eagle River

I and two other friends were sitting in their vehicle at Eagle Lake during the evening. I was sitting in the back seat and our side window was rolled down. We heard an erie yell, it sounded to me like...

June 2013

Vilas County Wisconsin (Class B) BFRO

Possible nighttime activity at a cabin near Phelps

It was February 25th 12:50am up at our family cabin which is located between the Ottawa National and Nicolet National Forest. The Cabin is on a deadend street, a few roads off of an entrance to a lake...

February 2012

Vilas County Wisconsin (Class B) BFRO

Man hears footsteps, inexplicable noise in Vilas County

This happened in Vilas county when i was hunting during the bow season. I was near Trout lake or i call it Trout Springs. Anyways i woke up that morning at about 4 in the morning and i hopped in the t...

October 2001

Baltimore County Maryland (Class A) BFRO

Large dark animal spotted wading in shallows of lake

On or about May 17th 2001, My Boyfriend and I were fishing at Liberty Watershed in Baltimore county. It was early in the morning, we arrived at 8 am. We parked at ********* road and walked down to the...

May 2001

Butler County Ohio (Class A) BFRO

Couple hears vocalization late at night - son finds prints near Okeana

MY WIFE AND I WERE OUT ON OUR DECK ABOUT 12:30 A.M. ON JULY 14,2002. WE OFTEN SIT OUT ON THE DECK TILL LATE AT NIGHT AND EARLY MORNING. WE ENJOY WATCHING THE WILDLIFE AND LISTENING TO ALL THE SOUNDS O...

July 2002

El Dorado County California (Class A) BFRO

Lake Tahoe sighting by a motorist

My name is (omitted), I've been keeping this secret since around 1986 and didn't know who I could tell without sounding like a nut, but it's been bothering me, and I hope you are the appropriate perso...

January 1986

Grays Harbor County Washington (Class A) BFRO

Sighting near Ocean City, Washington 2016

We were on our way back from Ocean Park or Ocean city. It was a beautiful morning. As I looked out into this field I watched a creature the size of a bear with a flat face the color of a dead trees st...

October 2016

Cherokee County Oklahoma (Class A) BFRO

August 1 1990 Oklahoma, Cherokee County, near Eldon

Various newspaper articles reporting possible bigfoot near Tahlequah, Oklahoma. First report was on August 1, 1990 at a mobile home near Eldon, Oklahoma which is east of Tahlequah at the junction of h...

August 1990

Cleveland County Arkansas (Class A) BFRO

Daylight sighting outside rural home in small community of Herbine, south of Rison

It was about 1:30 am on Sunday, July 29, 2001. I was up watching television. My dogs started to bark, so I went to my door to see what was going on. I turned on my porch light, and called my dogs. Whe...

July 2001

Ocean County New Jersey (Class A) BFRO

Young cyclist observes tall, dark creature in Manahawkin

Riding my bike through the woods with some friends. I had to stop to wait for them. When I heard a branch snap, No more than 40 ft away it looked right at me with large black eyes. It was about 8'-9' ...

January 1979

Fulton County Illinois (Class A) BFRO

Truck driver has a daylight sighting west of Ellisville

Ok, I seen this thing, and I loved it. The hair stood up on my head. I told the girl at the scale house because it was about a mile from there. She said she would not be surprised at seeing any thing ...

January 2005